£1 in 1910 is worth £1.70 in 1917

Value of £1 from 1910 to 1917

£1 in 1910 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £1.70 in 1917, an increase of £0.70 over 7 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 7.86% per year between 1910 and 1917, producing a cumulative price increase of 69.79%.

This means that prices in 1917 are 1.70 times as high as average prices since 1910, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index.

The inflation rate in 1910 was 1.05%. The inflation rate in 1917 was 25.38%. The 1917 inflation rate is higher compared to the average inflation rate of 4.26% per year between 1917 and 2024.


Inflation from 1910 to 1917
Cumulative price change69.79%
Average inflation rate7.86%
Converted amount
£1 base
£1.70
Price difference
£1 base
£0.70
CPI in 19109.600
CPI in 191716.300
Inflation in 19101.05%
Inflation in 191725.38%
£1 in 1910£1.70 in 1917

GBP inflation since 1910
Annual Rate, the Office for National Statistics CPI
Download

Buying power of £1 in 1910

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for £1 in 1910 (price index tracking began in 1750).

For example, if you started with £1, you would need to end with £1.70 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When £1 is equivalent to £1.70 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single U.K. pound decreases over time. In other words, a pound will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a pound over time. By calculating the value in 1910 dollars, the chart below shows how £1 is worth less over 7 years.

According to the Office for National Statistics, each of these GBP amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Pound inflation: 1910-1917
YearPound ValueInflation Rate
1910£1.001.05%
1911£1.000.00%
1912£1.033.13%
1913£1.02-1.01%
1914£1.020.00%
1915£1.1512.24%
1916£1.3518.18%
1917£1.7025.38%
1918£2.0722.09%
1919£2.2810.05%
1920£2.6415.53%
1921£2.41-8.70%
1922£2.07-13.85%
1923£1.95-6.03%
1924£1.94-0.53%
1925£1.940.00%
1926£1.93-0.54%
1927£1.88-2.70%
1928£1.880.00%
1929£1.85-1.11%
1930£1.80-2.81%
1931£1.73-4.05%
1932£1.69-2.41%
1933£1.65-2.47%
1934£1.650.00%
1935£1.660.63%
1936£1.670.63%
1937£1.733.75%
1938£1.751.20%
1939£1.802.98%
1940£2.1016.76%
1941£2.3310.89%
1942£2.507.14%
1943£2.583.33%
1944£2.662.82%
1945£2.732.75%
1946£2.813.05%
1947£3.017.04%
1948£3.247.61%
1949£3.332.89%
1950£3.443.13%
1951£3.759.09%
1952£4.099.17%
1953£4.223.05%
1954£4.301.98%
1955£4.494.36%
1956£4.725.10%
1957£4.893.53%
1958£5.043.20%
1959£5.060.41%
1960£5.111.03%
1961£5.293.46%
1962£5.524.33%
1963£5.631.89%
1964£5.813.33%
1965£6.084.66%
1966£6.323.94%
1967£6.492.64%
1968£6.794.65%
1969£7.165.37%
1970£7.616.40%
1971£8.339.44%
1972£8.937.13%
1973£9.749.10%
1974£11.3016.04%
1975£14.0424.24%
1976£16.3616.54%
1977£18.9615.85%
1978£20.538.30%
1979£23.2813.39%
1980£27.4717.99%
1981£30.7311.87%
1982£33.388.61%
1983£34.914.59%
1984£36.654.98%
1985£38.886.08%
1986£40.203.40%
1987£41.884.17%
1988£43.934.90%
1989£47.347.78%
1990£51.829.46%
1991£54.865.87%
1992£56.923.74%
1993£57.821.59%
1994£59.222.41%
1995£61.273.47%
1996£62.752.41%
1997£64.723.14%
1998£66.943.43%
1999£67.971.54%
2000£69.982.96%
2001£71.221.77%
2002£72.411.67%
2003£74.502.89%
2004£76.722.98%
2005£78.892.82%
2006£81.413.20%
2007£84.904.29%
2008£88.283.99%
2009£87.81-0.53%
2010£91.864.61%
2011£96.655.20%
2012£99.753.21%
2013£102.783.04%
2014£105.212.36%
2015£106.250.99%
2016£108.091.74%
2017£111.973.58%
2018£114.992.70%
2019£117.872.50%
2020£119.991.80%
2021£122.982.49%
2022£132.697.90%
2023£142.087.07%
2024£147.623.90%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.

This conversion table shows various other 1910 amounts in 1917 pounds, based on the 69.79% change in prices:

Conversion: 1910 pounds in 1917
Initial valueEquivalent value
£1 pound in 1910£1.70 pounds in 1917
£5 pounds in 1910£8.49 pounds in 1917
£10 pounds in 1910£16.98 pounds in 1917
£50 pounds in 1910£84.90 pounds in 1917
£100 pounds in 1910£169.79 pounds in 1917
£500 pounds in 1910£848.96 pounds in 1917
£1,000 pounds in 1910£1,697.92 pounds in 1917
£5,000 pounds in 1910£8,489.58 pounds in 1917
£10,000 pounds in 1910£16,979.17 pounds in 1917
£50,000 pounds in 1910£84,895.83 pounds in 1917
£100,000 pounds in 1910£169,791.67 pounds in 1917
£500,000 pounds in 1910£848,958.33 pounds in 1917
£1,000,000 pounds in 1910£1,697,916.67 pounds in 1917

How to calculate inflation rate for £1, 1910 to 1917

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1910 and 1917:

CPI in 1917 CPI in 1910
×
1910 GBP value
=
1917 GBP value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.K. CPI was 9.6 in the year 1910 and 16.3 in 1917:

16.39.6
×
£1
=
£1.70

£1 in 1910 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £1.70 in 1917.

To get the total inflation rate for the 7 years between 1910 and 1917, we use the following formula:

CPI in 1917 - CPI in 1910CPI in 1910
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (7 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

16.3 - 9.69.6
×
100
=
70%

Data source & citation

Raw data for these calculations comes from the composite price index published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). A composite index is created by combining price data from several different published sources, both official and unofficial. The Consumer Price Index, normally used to compute inflation, has only been tracked since 1988. All inflation calculations after 1988 use the Office for National Statistics' Consumer Price Index, except for the current year, which is based on The Bank of England's forecast.

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “£1 in 1910 → 1917 | UK Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 29 Mar. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/1910-GBP-in-1917?amount=1.

Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.

in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.


Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

Email · LinkedIn · Twitter


» Read more about inflation and investment.

Inflation from 1910 to 1917
Cumulative price change69.79%
Average inflation rate7.86%
Converted amount
£1 base
£1.70
Price difference
£1 base
£0.70
CPI in 19109.600
CPI in 191716.300
Inflation in 19101.05%
Inflation in 191725.38%
£1 in 1910£1.70 in 1917